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verb

Forego v. t. (past forewent; past part. foregone; pres. part. foregoing)

To quit; to relinquish; to leave. "Stay at the third cup, or forego the place."

To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated. "All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to forego." "Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego." "(He) never forewent an opportunity of honest profit." Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before.

Forego v. t. (past forewent; past part. foregone; pres. part. foregoing) To go before; to precede; used especially in the present and past participles. "Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone." "For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience."

Foregone conclusion, a conclusion which has preceded argument or examination; a predetermined conclusion.

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"Forego" Quotes from Famous Books

... experience. But upon those who carry guilty secrets in their hearts these impressions descend with crushing weight. David felt them to the full when at last the winter set in; when the days were shortened and he was compelled to forego his toil at an early hour and retire to his cabin! There he was confronted by all the problems and temptations of a soul battling with the animal nature and striving to emancipate the spirit ...

— The Redemption of David Corson • Charles Frederic Goss

... also her nephew, who was not so juicy, and I have noticed that she has got very plump of late. She is up on the hill to-night I have no doubt, notwithstanding the tempest, dancing and flirting with her disreputable companions, for vice has such an attraction for some minds that they cannot forego its pleasures, even at the utmost personal inconvenience. Such revels, at such a time of tempest, while the wrath of heaven is wreaked upon the trees, are nothing short of sacrilege, and I for one have always set my mind against irreverence. ...

— Wood Magic - A Fable • Richard Jefferies

... in wishing you those chests full of gold, and those broad lands that a crow cannot fly over in a day; but I must forego my share of them, and so must you yours, brother!" Angelique leaned back in her chair, desiring to stop further discussion of a topic she did ...

— The Golden Dog - Le Chien d'Or • William Kirby

... attain their purpose. The progress of moral truth, however slow, is always certain, and the issue of those proceedings has been such as the excellence of their object might have led us to anticipate. Several of the States have already signified their willingness to forego all the pernicious advantages of slavery. And the number of slaves offered gratuitously by owners in different parts of America, vastly exceed the present means of the Society to provide for them in Africa. The ...

— A Voyage Round the World, Vol. I (of ?) • James Holman

... did not have any two or three hundred thousand dollars to invest in anything. There was only one way that he could get it—and that was to borrow it out of the city treasury and forego the interest. But he would not do that on his own initiative. Some one else must be behind him and who else other than Mollenhauer, or Simpson, or possibly even Butler, though he doubted that, unless the triumvirate were secretly working together. But what of it? ...

— The Financier • Theodore Dreiser

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